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Ram
Paul McCartney
Ram
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
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Digitally remastered 1993 reissue on Parlophone of his 1971 album recorded with his wife Linda. In addition to the original 12 tracks on the #2 album, including the #1 smash 'Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey', this reissue add...  more »

     
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All Artists: Paul McCartney
Title: Ram
Members Wishing: 10
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Europe Generic
Release Date: 6/8/1993
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Soft Rock, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 077778913924, 766483193225

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Digitally remastered 1993 reissue on Parlophone of his 1971 album recorded with his wife Linda. In addition to the original 12 tracks on the #2 album, including the #1 smash 'Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey', this reissue adds two bonus tracks: his top five hit 'Another Day' and 'Oh Woman, Oh Why'. 14 tracks total.

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Member CD Reviews

Steve S. (Reno-ness) from ARROYO GRANDE, CA
Reviewed on 1/26/2009...
The two bonus tracks is worth finding this effort, already a classic, and reintroducing yourself to some fine music. I found the disc in a Mexican department store in Playa del Carmen for $7US, along with some other Capitol product. I honestly had notm listened to the whole album for over 30 years, but it's music is still fresh and vibrant. Get it!
F. C. from LITITZ, PA
Reviewed on 5/30/2007...
Just like I remembered it as a kid!

CD Reviews

5 Star album, 3 star remaster
Wayne Klein | My Little Blue Window, USA | 11/13/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Paul McCartney took a lot of hits when The Beatles disbanded. One of the albums that took the biggest from his solo career was "Ram" which John Lennon dismissed and Roy Carr from the New Musical Express called "music for rooms with ducks on the wall", i.e., designed for domestic bliss. That ain't the way it is at all. "Ram" is one of McCartney's earliest sonic masterpieces. The songwriting, arrangements and performances are universally strong. From "Too Many People" (allegedly a veiled attack along with "Three Legs" and a random line from "Monkberry Moon Delight" that sounds like Paul's saying "have some of this Lennon" on the other three Beatles)to the amazing country rock of "Heart of the Country" every song could have held their own compared to John's or George's.



"Ram On" is a veiled reference to McCartney himself. Paul Ramon was one of the many pseudonyms McCartney used for himself while a member of The Beatles in his youth. "Eat at Home" celebrates the domestic bliss that Lennon would be celebrated for on his last great album "Double Fantasy". Paul was just a bit ahead of the times here. "Smile Away", "Dear Boy" (another supposed veiled dig at Lennon) both are stand outs as well. The former has a nice funky beat, the latter is McCartney on piano with some stunning backing vocals and a sharp, tricky arrangement.



As to the merits of this remaster, (I'm referring to the 1993 remaster import from Holland), it's good. It's not a huge improvement on the American version but it does have two bonus tracks one of which isn't available anywhere else. "Oh Woman Oh Why" is a minor McCartney rock gem worth investigating for hardcore Beatles/McCartney fans. The other bonus track the A side of the same single "Another Day" is available elsehwere. The definitive version is still the Gold disc mastered by Steve Hoffmann for the DCC release."
Revolution In The Head
Joseph Norman | 05/06/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"...This was McCartney's second solo outing and was released at the height of The Beatles bitter legal and personal battles. The album is littered with sly messages and digs at his former colleagues, the cover features a picture of 2 beetles copulating, and riled Lennon in particular, who went onto raise the stakes dramatically with his vitriolic attack on McCartney's persona with `How Do You Sleep' on `Imagine'.Ram finds McCartney at his most infuriating, the material ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. Works of a true pop genius alongside songs that failed to hold the writers attention long enough for him to finish them. In this sense this album could be seen as blue print for his solo career.Highlights of a very varied bunch include the album's opener `Too Many People' his riposte to John and Yoko's endless preaching, including some wonderful driving guitar work. `Dear Boy' shows that his skill for melody and vocal harmonies remain undiminished on a song aimed at Linda's first husband. There's the 3-songs-in-1 of `Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', a US no.1. `Back Seat of My Car' finds Macca under the influence of Glam Rock and then there's `Monkberry Moon Delight' featuring one of his most surreal lyrics
`So I sat in the attic, a piano up my nose, and the wind played a dreadful cantata, sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose, and the dreadful sound of tomato'
All delivered in a powerful guttural scream, one of his finest vocals. A real hidden masterpiece.With these you get some ten-a-penny rockers and half formed songs. But despite these flaws, or perhaps because of them, Ram is the quintessential McCartney album. Brimming with creativity, invention and ideas, some complex, some no more than doodles. Ram allows us a rare insight into the creative process that has made McCartney one of our most celebrated and inconsistent songwriters."